Pin-package.



L. J. DOWNING.

PIAN PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED 11111.11, 1910.

Patented Jan. 10,1911.

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nection therewith, said cover having a single LOU J. DCWNING, OFCOFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

PIN-PACKAGE.

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Application filed March 11,

T o all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Lou J. DowNiNG, citi- Zen ot the United States ofAmerica, residing at Coffeyville, in the county of Montgomery and Stateof Kansas, have invented new and useful improvements in Pin-Packages, ofwhich the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to packages for merchandise, and the specialobject of the invention is to produce a package for pins wherein theymay be conveniently kept and exposed for sale, and which will admit ofone or more pins being very readily and conveniently extracted for use.

lJVith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved const-ruction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

En the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and prei-erredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure l is a perspective view of the improved pinpackage. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective View showing the interior cone detached.

Correspondin0V parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters ot reference.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing there is shown a. receptacle which hasbeen illustrated in the ornamental form of a light house, saidreceptacle 27 being equipped with a detachable cover 28 having threadedconcentrally disposed aperture 29. Within the receptacle 27 is fitted aconical member 8O within which the pins are placed, said conical member,which is hollow, being made of sheet metal, pasteboard, glass or anyother suitable material of such dimensions that the base thereof shallrest upon the bottom of the receptacle 27, while the apex which has adischarge aperture, best seen at 31 in Fig. 2, extends slightly withinthe single Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. it), 191i.

1910. Serial No. 548,542.

discharge aperture 29 of the lid or cover 28, whereby the said conicalmember will be retained securely in position within the receptacle. riheconical shape of the member 30 within which the pins are coniinedobviously tends to guide the pins one by one through the dischargeapertures.

ln the construction of the improved device the interior dimensions mustbe so related to the pins contained therein that the pins will be ofgreater length than the major interior diameter of the receptacle andot' a length which is less than the length of the receptacle; the reasonbeing the necessity for keeping the pins all arranged with their headsin the direction of the apertures provided for the escape ot the pinsand without possibility of the pins becoming overturned when thereceptacle is shaken for the extraction of the pins.

In illing the receptacle which constitutes the improved pin package, itis only necessary to exercise care that the head of each pin be directedtoward the escape apertures; then after replacing the closure, thedevice is ready for use. To extract the pins, the receptacle is simplyheld in an inclined position or with the apertures directed downward,after which by slightly shaking the receptacle, the pins will escapesingly through the aperture or apertures and may be caught upon thetable or in the hand. Should more pins escape than are needed forpresent use, they may be returned point first through the aperture ofthe receptacle.

This improved device constitutes an extremely simple and convenientpackage in which pins may be exposed for sale, the contents of thepackage being more conveniently accessible than when pins are kept inpapers or packages of the character now customarily employed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A pin package consisting of a tubular receptacle, and a conicaltubular guide member within said receptacle, the apex of said guidemember entering a discharge aperture in the receptacle.

2. In a pin package, a tubular receptacle having a detachable lidprovided with an aperture, and an interior conical hollow guide elementhaving an aperture at the apex, said apex being tted in the aperture ofthe detachable lid.

3. A pin package .comprising a tubular receptacle having a detachablelid provided With an aperture, in combination with a hollow nterorlydisposed guide member having an aperture at the apex thereof, said guidemember being disposed with its base resting upon the bottom of thereceptacle 10 and with its apertured apex tted n the aperture of thedetachable lid.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LOU J. DOVVNING. Vtnesses H. H. KAHN, J. E. MURPHY.

